SON ASSAULTS HIS MOTHER.
FLOURISHES REVOLVER AND USES VIOLENCE. ' . ■.-. ■(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) : Christchurch, December 27. At the Police Court "this morning, Henry Close, seventeen years of age, was charged with assaulting his mother. SubInspector M'Grath stated that on December 18 tho youth had threatened .' his mother with a loaded revolver, of which the police had obtained possession. He seemed very sorry that he had acted in such a manner, and no further steps were taken. However, last evening, he had. assaulted his mother, seizing her by the throat. '• x
•In reply to the Magistrate, Mrs. Close stated that her son never worked at anything for any length of time. The Magistrate ■ (Mr. H. Vf. Bishop) said that he would place the: accused under some control. He-would he nominally sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and instructions would be given to have him kept apart from other prisoners. A recommendation would bo made in the proper quarter to have the accused placed in some reformatory institution.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 4
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164SON ASSAULTS HIS MOTHER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 4
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